#B29BEE#B29BEE

#B29BEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29BEE
RGB	rgb(178, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 25.61, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 46.38, 303.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0526 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.12 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5104, 39.0803, 86.0179)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29BEE #D7EE9B

analogous

#9BADEE #B29BEE #DC9BEE

triadic

#B29BEE #EEB29B #9BEEB2

tetradic

#B29BEE #EE9BAD #D7EE9B #9BEEDC

square

#B29BEE #EE9BAD #D7EE9B #9BEEDC

split-complementary

#B29BEE #EEDC9B #ADEE9B

monochromatic

#6132DC #8A67E5 #B29BEE #DACFF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B29BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B29BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29BEE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29BEE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8f4',
    500: '#b29bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29bee;
$custom-light: #cab8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.627,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29BEE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D3139E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29BEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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